Robert Rotenberg has taught at DePaul University since 1979 in the sociology and anthropology departments and the international studies program. He is currently chair of the anthropology department and serves on the university Teaching, Learning and Assessment Committee. In 2004, he was named to the inaugural cohort of the St. Vincent DePaul Society, a university-level distinguished professorship for teaching. He has written books, edited collections of articles, and published in scholarly journals including award-winning Landscape and Power in Vienna and Time and Order in Metropolitan Vienna: A Seizure of Schedules. Rotenberg is the past president for the Society for Urban, National and Transnational/Global Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association.

• Part 1 Teaching as an Art and Teaching as a Craft; Chapter 1 The Learning Curve of the College Teacher; Chapter 2 EveryChapter 2: Plan of the Book; Part 2 What Do We Know About Postsecondary Intellectual Development?; Chapter 3 Bloom and Perry on Adult Learners; Chapter 4 Kolb and Experiential Learning; Chapter 5 Gardner and Multiple Intelligences; Chapter 6 Baxter-Magolda and Ways of Knowing; Chapter 7 King and Kitchener and the Reflective Judgment Model; Part 3 What Do We Know About Effective Undergraduate Teaching?; Chapter 8 Current Approaches to Understanding Growth in Thinking Skills; Chapter 9 History and Development of Best Practices Research; Part 4 The Role of the Teacher in the Classroom; Chapter 10 The Real Relationship Between Teacher and Student; Chapter 11 Figuring Out What to Teach and How Much of It; Chapter 12 Who Are Our Students?; Chapter 13 The Virtual Classroom and Hybrid Learning Spaces; Part 5 Demands on the New Instructor; Chapter 14 Departmental Demands; Chapter 15 Demands of General Education Courses; Chapter 16 Demands of the Undergraduate Major; Chapter 17 Demands of Graduate Programs; Chapter 18 Interdisciplinary Demands; Part 6 Universal Design; Chapter 19 Universal Design in Higher Education; Chapter 20 Universal Design of Courses; Part 7 Constructing the Syllabus; Chapter 21 Developing a Course for the First Time; Chapter 22 The Impact of Class Size on a Syllabus; Chapter 23 Taking the Calendar into Account; Chapter 24 Ordering Books and Photocopying Material; Chapter 25 Technical Components of a Syllabus; Chapter 26 Selecting the Knowledge Base for the Course; Chapter 27 Selecting Texts; Chapter 28 Fitting the Course into the Curriculum; Chapter 29 Organizing the Course around Problem Sets; Chapter 30 Organizing the Course around Specific Experiences; Chapter 31 Learning Management Software; Part 8 Setting Your Expectations for Students’ Reasoning Skills; Chapter 32 Characterizing Critical Thinking; Chapter 33 How to Recognize Criti

"...The Art & Craft of College Teaching is an intensive and comprehensive orientation to the job of college-level faculty. Speaking from his many years of experience as a department chair, Rotenberg couches his course design and teaching counsel within the context of meeting curricular needs. He also addresses institution-relevant topics not usually found in books about teaching: general education courses, first-year programs, advising, honors courses, area and interdisciplinary studies, and grade inflation. Still, his major focus is classroom teaching, and no other teaching volume offers as much depth as does Rotenberg's on problem-based learning, leading a seminar, and developing critical and creative thinking skills."...--Linda Nilson, Clemson University "...This book is unusually good. Clear, comprehensive, and immediately useful, it should be read by every faculty member and department chair."...--Peter Seldin, Pace University "...Rotenberg possesses a plethora of experience to share with newcomers to the field of professional teaching. Fortunately, Rotenberg has offered just that within this volume. Though readers will not find much new ground broken in this volume, they nonetheless will encounter a depth, width, and breadth of wisdom regarding the collection and presentation of the best teaching techniques from times past."... --Bradford McCall, Teaching Theology and Religion "...Rotenberg's book provides an informative and comprehensive resource for college teaching that reads like a conversation with a mentor and makes a convincing argument that teaching should be thought of as scholarship... A must-read for graduate students and new professors and would also be useful for experienced faculty. Ideally, it would first be read straight through and then used as a guide for further research and as a resource for answering questions."...--Chris Mayer, The National Teaching & Learning Forum "The Art and Craft of College Teaching, by Robert Rotenberg, is a broad collection of information about teaching at the college level. It contains clear descriptions, useful tips, easy to follow "...how-to-steps,"... common pitfalls to avoid, and resources on nearly every aspect of teaching that a faculty member encounters. The book is an excellent resource for college teachers to have on their shelves. It addresses issues that arise at all levels of higher education, distinguishing between differences in undergraduate and graduate education... This book provides excellent food for thought, and serves as a great resource to begin discussions about teaching." --Journal of College Student Retention

Robert Rotenberg has taught at DePaul University since 1979 in the sociology and anthropology departments and the international studies program. He is currently chair of the anthropology department and serves on the university Teaching, Learning and Assessment Committee. In 2004, he was named to the inaugural cohort of the St. Vincent DePaul Society, a university-level distinguished professorship for teaching. He has written books, edited collections of articles, and published in scholarly journals including award-winning Landscape and Power in Vienna and Time and Order in Metropolitan Vienna: A Seizure of Schedules. Rotenberg is the past president for the Society for Urban, National and Transnational/Global Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association.

• Part 1 Teaching as an Art and Teaching as a Craft; Chapter 1 The Learning Curve of the College Teacher; Chapter 2 EveryChapter 2: Plan of the Book; Part 2 What Do We Know About Postsecondary Intellectual Development?; Chapter 3 Bloom and Perry on Adult Learners; Chapter 4 Kolb and Experiential Learning; Chapter 5 Gardner and Multiple Intelligences; Chapter 6 Baxter-Magolda and Ways of Knowing; Chapter 7 King and Kitchener and the Reflective Judgment Model; Part 3 What Do We Know About Effective Undergraduate Teaching?; Chapter 8 Current Approaches to Understanding Growth in Thinking Skills; Chapter 9 History and Development of Best Practices Research; Part 4 The Role of the Teacher in the Classroom; Chapter 10 The Real Relationship Between Teacher and Student; Chapter 11 Figuring Out What to Teach and How Much of It; Chapter 12 Who Are Our Students?; Chapter 13 The Virtual Classroom and Hybrid Learning Spaces; Part 5 Demands on the New Instructor; Chapter 14 Departmental Demands; Chapter 15 Demands of General Education Courses; Chapter 16 Demands of the Undergraduate Major; Chapter 17 Demands of Graduate Programs; Chapter 18 Interdisciplinary Demands; Part 6 Universal Design; Chapter 19 Universal Design in Higher Education; Chapter 20 Universal Design of Courses; Part 7 Constructing the Syllabus; Chapter 21 Developing a Course for the First Time; Chapter 22 The Impact of Class Size on a Syllabus; Chapter 23 Taking the Calendar into Account; Chapter 24 Ordering Books and Photocopying Material; Chapter 25 Technical Components of a Syllabus; Chapter 26 Selecting the Knowledge Base for the Course; Chapter 27 Selecting Texts; Chapter 28 Fitting the Course into the Curriculum; Chapter 29 Organizing the Course around Problem Sets; Chapter 30 Organizing the Course around Specific Experiences; Chapter 31 Learning Management Software; Part 8 Setting Your Expectations for Students’ Reasoning Skills; Chapter 32 Characterizing Critical Thinking; Chapter 33 How to Recognize Criti

"...The Art & Craft of College Teaching is an intensive and comprehensive orientation to the job of college-level faculty. Speaking from his many years of experience as a department chair, Rotenberg couches his course design and teaching counsel within the context of meeting curricular needs. He also addresses institution-relevant topics not usually found in books about teaching: general education courses, first-year programs, advising, honors courses, area and interdisciplinary studies, and grade inflation. Still, his major focus is classroom teaching, and no other teaching volume offers as much depth as does Rotenberg's on problem-based learning, leading a seminar, and developing critical and creative thinking skills."...--Linda Nilson, Clemson University "...This book is unusually good. Clear, comprehensive, and immediately useful, it should be read by every faculty member and department chair."...--Peter Seldin, Pace University "...Rotenberg possesses a plethora of experience to share with newcomers to the field of professional teaching. Fortunately, Rotenberg has offered just that within this volume. Though readers will not find much new ground broken in this volume, they nonetheless will encounter a depth, width, and breadth of wisdom regarding the collection and presentation of the best teaching techniques from times past."... --Bradford McCall, Teaching Theology and Religion "...Rotenberg's book provides an informative and comprehensive resource for college teaching that reads like a conversation with a mentor and makes a convincing argument that teaching should be thought of as scholarship... A must-read for graduate students and new professors and would also be useful for experienced faculty. Ideally, it would first be read straight through and then used as a guide for further research and as a resource for answering questions."...--Chris Mayer, The National Teaching & Learning Forum "The Art and Craft of College Teaching, by Robert Rotenberg, is a broad collection of information about teaching at the college level. It contains clear descriptions, useful tips, easy to follow "...how-to-steps,"... common pitfalls to avoid, and resources on nearly every aspect of teaching that a faculty member encounters. The book is an excellent resource for college teachers to have on their shelves. It addresses issues that arise at all levels of higher education, distinguishing between differences in undergraduate and graduate education... This book provides excellent food for thought, and serves as a great resource to begin discussions about teaching." --Journal of College Student Retention

Robert Rotenberg has taught at DePaul University since 1979 in the sociology and anthropology departments and the international studies program. He is currently chair of the anthropology department and serves on the university Teaching, Learning and Assessment Committee. In 2004, he was named to the inaugural cohort of the St. Vincent DePaul Society, a university-level distinguished professorship for teaching. He has written books, edited collections of articles, and published in scholarly journals including award-winning Landscape and Power in Vienna and Time and Order in Metropolitan Vienna: A Seizure of Schedules. Rotenberg is the past president for the Society for Urban, National and Transnational/Global Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association.

• Part 1 Teaching as an Art and Teaching as a Craft; Chapter 1 The Learning Curve of the College Teacher; Chapter 2 EveryChapter 2: Plan of the Book; Part 2 What Do We Know About Postsecondary Intellectual Development?; Chapter 3 Bloom and Perry on Adult Learners; Chapter 4 Kolb and Experiential Learning; Chapter 5 Gardner and Multiple Intelligences; Chapter 6 Baxter-Magolda and Ways of Knowing; Chapter 7 King and Kitchener and the Reflective Judgment Model; Part 3 What Do We Know About Effective Undergraduate Teaching?; Chapter 8 Current Approaches to Understanding Growth in Thinking Skills; Chapter 9 History and Development of Best Practices Research; Part 4 The Role of the Teacher in the Classroom; Chapter 10 The Real Relationship Between Teacher and Student; Chapter 11 Figuring Out What to Teach and How Much of It; Chapter 12 Who Are Our Students?; Chapter 13 The Virtual Classroom and Hybrid Learning Spaces; Part 5 Demands on the New Instructor; Chapter 14 Departmental Demands; Chapter 15 Demands of General Education Courses; Chapter 16 Demands of the Undergraduate Major; Chapter 17 Demands of Graduate Programs; Chapter 18 Interdisciplinary Demands; Part 6 Universal Design; Chapter 19 Universal Design in Higher Education; Chapter 20 Universal Design of Courses; Part 7 Constructing the Syllabus; Chapter 21 Developing a Course for the First Time; Chapter 22 The Impact of Class Size on a Syllabus; Chapter 23 Taking the Calendar into Account; Chapter 24 Ordering Books and Photocopying Material; Chapter 25 Technical Components of a Syllabus; Chapter 26 Selecting the Knowledge Base for the Course; Chapter 27 Selecting Texts; Chapter 28 Fitting the Course into the Curriculum; Chapter 29 Organizing the Course around Problem Sets; Chapter 30 Organizing the Course around Specific Experiences; Chapter 31 Learning Management Software; Part 8 Setting Your Expectations for Students’ Reasoning Skills; Chapter 32 Characterizing Critical Thinking; Chapter 33 How to Recognize Criti

"...The Art & Craft of College Teaching is an intensive and comprehensive orientation to the job of college-level faculty. Speaking from his many years of experience as a department chair, Rotenberg couches his course design and teaching counsel within the context of meeting curricular needs. He also addresses institution-relevant topics not usually found in books about teaching: general education courses, first-year programs, advising, honors courses, area and interdisciplinary studies, and grade inflation. Still, his major focus is classroom teaching, and no other teaching volume offers as much depth as does Rotenberg's on problem-based learning, leading a seminar, and developing critical and creative thinking skills."...--Linda Nilson, Clemson University "...This book is unusually good. Clear, comprehensive, and immediately useful, it should be read by every faculty member and department chair."...--Peter Seldin, Pace University "...Rotenberg possesses a plethora of experience to share with newcomers to the field of professional teaching. Fortunately, Rotenberg has offered just that within this volume. Though readers will not find much new ground broken in this volume, they nonetheless will encounter a depth, width, and breadth of wisdom regarding the collection and presentation of the best teaching techniques from times past."... --Bradford McCall, Teaching Theology and Religion "...Rotenberg's book provides an informative and comprehensive resource for college teaching that reads like a conversation with a mentor and makes a convincing argument that teaching should be thought of as scholarship... A must-read for graduate students and new professors and would also be useful for experienced faculty. Ideally, it would first be read straight through and then used as a guide for further research and as a resource for answering questions."...--Chris Mayer, The National Teaching & Learning Forum "The Art and Craft of College Teaching, by Robert Rotenberg, is a broad collection of information about teaching at the college level. It contains clear descriptions, useful tips, easy to follow "...how-to-steps,"... common pitfalls to avoid, and resources on nearly every aspect of teaching that a faculty member encounters. The book is an excellent resource for college teachers to have on their shelves. It addresses issues that arise at all levels of higher education, distinguishing between differences in undergraduate and graduate education... This book provides excellent food for thought, and serves as a great resource to begin discussions about teaching." --Journal of College Student Retention